brentfariss Brent Fariss Austin Brent Fariss is a composer / performer living in Austin, Texas. He has collaborated in several modern music settings including the Gates Ensemble, Waco Girls, and The April Fools. In the past decade, he has worked alongside Phill Niblock, Ellen Fullman, Michael Pisaro, Jandek, Radu Malfatti, Pauline Oliveros, JG Thirwell, and Arnold Dreyblatt. Fariss holds a Master's degree in Composition from Texas State University, where he also studied the contrabass. He has become increasingly interested in the ideas of a conceptualism; using minimalist techniques to unite texture, form, room/instrument resonance, and abstracted programmatic ideas to create a musical environment. He is the recipient of two Meet the Composer grants for the compositions, "Dim Gleam" (for choir, 2 basses, 2 percussionists and choir chimes) and "The Water Bowl" (for 4 performers, horn, trombone and percussion). His goal in music is exploring the nature of sound (timbre), elevating it to the same level as melody, harmony, rhythm, and form. brentfariss’s tracks CICADA(S) by brentfariss published on 2016/07/18 14:50:51 +0000 East Pyne Archway by brentfariss published on 2015/05/08 13:28:36 +0000 voice.breath by brentfariss published on 2014/03/07 14:01:34 +0000 bliss... by brentfariss published on 2014/02/18 14:32:00 +0000 Anathema by brentfariss published on 2014/02/18 03:09:07 +0000 christmas by brentfariss published on 2013/01/08 20:23:27 +0000 The Water Bowl by brentfariss published on 2012/12/11 05:59:23 +0000 I apologize, Julius, for judging you by brentfariss published on 2011/09/22 04:43:46 +0000 shining white air by brentfariss published on 2011/09/22 04:29:09 +0000
